i just wanted a few words of encouragement and ya'll straight up bashed me 'cause im too busy sobbing constantly to think straight, let alone focus on schoolwork that's not even gonna effect me in the long run. like what the h ell. don't you have better things to do

Explanation:

showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.